WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -A new middle class emerged-bankers, merchants and tradespeople had a new market for their services. People became wealthier and had more than enough money to spend. They began to build larger houses, buy more expensive clothes and get interested in art and literature.

Detailed explanation-2: -The merchant class became extremely wealthy and powerful, much to the disdain of the nobility. Perhaps the best example of what the merchant class could achieve in this era is the Medici family. The Medici were Florentine bankers of the merchant class, who became very wealthy.

Detailed explanation-3: -They began to desire larger, more luxurious homes, fine art for these residences, sumptuous clothing to show off their wealth in public, and exotic delicacies to eat. These desires of the middle class stimulated the economy.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Renaissance economy saw the rise of the middle class society. This revolution was largely attributed to the devastating Black Plague that crippled population numbers.

Detailed explanation-5: -The middle class included everyone who was a merchant, a doctor, a university graduate, or in the middle management of the Church. These were the people who really saved Europe from the Middle Ages, and their size and importance grew as the period went on.